hotplug (?) scripts

2005-08-03 Thread Dave Johnston
I've got ndiswrapper working on Sarge (kernel 2.6) but the problem is that I have to physically unplug and replug the usb wireless card each time the machine is rebooted, and then execute a couple of commands to bring it to life. How can I make a script that executes when the card is inserted,

Re: Using a prism2 usb card on Sarge

2005-07-19 Thread Dave Johnston
Dave Johnston wrote: Ok, seems I have both /lib/modules/2.6.8-2-386 (from the install) and /lib/modules/2.6.8 (from the compile I did yesterday). The latter had linux-wlan-ng in it. Tried moving that folder to 2.6.8-2-386, but 'modprobe prism2_usb' just reports 'invalid mod

Re: Using a prism2 usb card on Sarge

2005-07-19 Thread Dave Johnston
Roby wrote: Dave Johnston wrote: I did try the source route today, but there appears to be confusion amongst the docs about how to do this. As I understand it, this the basic procedure (mostly from the wlan-ng readme): - install/extract kernel sources - configure kernel source ('

Re: Using a prism2 usb card on Sarge

2005-07-18 Thread Dave Johnston
Roby wrote: Dave Johnston wrote: I've just done a fresh install of Sarge using kernel 2.6.8-2-386, and now I'm trying to get a Prism2-based USB wifi adaptor working so I can connect the machine to the network as a normal client. I downloaded linux-wlan-ng source and built my o

Using a prism2 usb card on Sarge

2005-07-17 Thread Dave Johnston
hi, I've just done a fresh install of Sarge using kernel 2.6.8-2-386, and now I'm trying to get a Prism2-based USB wifi adaptor working so I can connect the machine to the network as a normal client. My initial thought was to to 'apt-get install linux-wlan-ng' which went fine, up to the poin